 Ernest (4189), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Mar 1, 2008
Bottle.
Head is initially large, frothy, off-white, mostly lasting.
Body is medium amber.
Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (toasted grain/bread, cookie), lightly to moderately hoppy (apricot, grapefruit), with light notes of sherry and dried mango, alcohol, cotton candy.
Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately acidic, moderately to heavily bitter.
Medium to full body, creamy texture, lively carbonation, moderately alcoholic.
Weird sourness in this one, kind of unpleasant. Some aspects of the aroma are nice, some aren’t. This one just doesn’t come together for me at all. It seems like a bit of a mess resulting from opposing ideas. Couldn’t drink much.
Veer (324), Landskrona, Sweden
Aug 5, 2008 Aroma: wonderful. Powerful fruity hops, apple peel, honey, vaguely of pine, caramel malt, grapefruit, wheat? Somehow dirty. Fusel alcohols?
Comes off about as expected.
Flavour: bittersweet. Surprisingly roasted. Less sourish than I expected from the scent. Yet w/ a very nice, almost lactic, sourishness. Grapefruit bitter hops. Fruity, very yeasty, dry aftertaste.
Palate: fizzy, creamy, thick, yeasty. Quite slimy.
Appearance: murky light orange with yellow tint. White, fine, irregular head. Leaving classy lacing...
caesar (2475), Zeist, Netherlands
Aug 2, 2008 Bottled. Pours a cloudy orange brown color, thick creamy head. Aroma of yeast, slight sourness, slight hop, some fruit like orange, pineapple and citrus. Taste is not as bitter as I expected by the style. But more like a fruity sirupy triple, though with a soft bitter hop background.
AndrewKScott (281), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Aug 2, 2008 Pour is strange, almost looks red at first, then I realized it was amber. Aroma of sweet citrus, sour candy, pineapple and apple. The taste is subtle grapefruit with a subtle hop bite. This double IPA is different from the american standards, and it’s all the more apparent that european breweries can’t offer the same type of hop complexities that American breweries can. However, this is still a great ale.
fordest (1684), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
Jul 30, 2008 11.2 oz bottle. Citrus and definite hops on the nose. Carries through to the flavor as well with some spicy Belgian stuff going on as well. Nice combination of flavors. I liked it.
TheGrandMaster (1419), Auckland, New Zealand
Jul 30, 2008 Bottle shared with yalnimim (courtesy of Papsoe), in NZ, poured amber with a large pillowy head. A punchy aroma with plenty of alcohol, malt that is both caramalised and juicy. Alcohol is very strong in the mouth, with a mouthfeel you can just about chew. Flavours of molasses and orange, as well as spicy. Comes up well, but would struggle to drink more than one of these.
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